Win the Europa Conference League

Chelsea have been the runaway favourites to win the Europa Conference League since entering the competition at the start of the season, with six wins from six during the league phase serving as another reminder of their superiority.

Now at the quarter-final stage, Chelsea have an attractive route to the final. They will battle Legia Warsaw across two legs in the last eight and will face either Rapid Wien or Djurgardens in the semis should they progress. Fiorentina or Real Betis look their most likely opponents in the showpiece event in Poland.

Anything but victory in the Conference League would be deemed a sizeable failure given the depth, quality and wealth of Chelsea’s squad. It’s their only chance of securing silverware during Maresca’s debut campaign and they should realistically waltz to the trophy.

Get rid of the dead wood

Chelsea will already be making preparations for the summer transfer window amid a busy period that will also see them compete in the FIFA Club World Cup. With less time to finalise deals than in previous years, the Blues will need to plan ahead.

The west London outfit are always one of the transfer window’s หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ most active participants regarding incomings. They have already agreed deals for two Sporting CP wonderkids – but Maresca must make crunch decisions on those he deems capable of featuring in his squad next season.

Loanees such as Axel Disasi, Ben Chilwell and Raheem Sterling will need to be offload. Maresca will also have to decide the futures of the fringe players currently in his set-up.

Christopher Nkunku, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and even summer signing Jadon Sancho could be on the move, with the final months of the campaign the last opportunity for peripheral figures to convince Maresca they’re worthy of sticking around.